Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-4765Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid | PowerFolio < 2.3.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid | PowerFolio from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Portfolio for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid \| PowerFolio	0 – before 2.3.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a21dc4a3-a4f3-4619-b8a3-493a27e14ccb exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description